tierceron

English

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɪə(ɹ)səɹɒn/

Noun

tierceron (plural tiercerons)

  1. (architecture) A type of rib in Gothic vaulting, springing from the intersection of two other ribs.
    • 1901, Thomas Lennox Watson, The double choir of Glasgow Cathedral: a study of rib vaulting, page 92:
      It would carry us too far from our subject to trace the consequences of the introduction of the tierceron; it must suffice to say that it immediately affected the curvature and the moulding of the vaulting ribs and the composition of the springer.

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